Dutch huge attack in Antwerp
Two Dutchmen in court in Antwerp because they are suspected of having previously requested an attack with explosives in Deurne (B). A Belgian has been detained for an attack later in May in Berchem. All three suspects have been jailed by the investigating judge. This is reported by the Public Prosecution Service in Antwerp.
Dutch license plates
On May 13, 2022, around 10:27 PM, two explosives were thrown from a passing car at the facade of a house in De Gilmanstraat in Deurne. Through camera images and testimonies, the police got a picture of a car with Dutch number plates. Due to a collaboration between the Belgian and Dutch police, two results are behind after a collaboration as far as the Netherlands.
These Dutchmen, aged 19 and 21, were received and handed over to Belgium. The investigation activities were carried out for ‘damage to destruction of goods at night, infringements of explosives legislation and participation in an organizational organization’.
Berchem
On the night of May 24, 2022, shots were fired at the facade of two buildings on Baron De Catersstraat in Berchem around 02:52 AM. The search for a car there as well. The Federal Judicial Police (FGP) Antwerp was able to arrest a 25-year-old man in Forest. He was placed under arrest last weekend.
According to the Antwerp prosecutor’s office, two research projects are now working together to investigate the attacks in Deurne and Berchem. One of these investigating judges also visited Borgerhout and Merksem last night, where attacks with heavy fireworks were submitted.
Researched links exist between the various attacks, which are most likely related to a conflict of conflicts in the drug environment.